Pinball FX VR REVIEW on Quest 3

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Pinball FX VR REVIEW on Quest 3  Pinball FX VR brings the iconic franchise library to life with the ultimate ‘80s arcade atmosphere - now fully immersive in virtual reality! Dive into a fully customizable and interactive setting with the integrated Mixed Reality mode and transform your living room into a personal arcade paradise with pinball cabinets and unlockable decorations for the perfect retro touch!  Huge Pinball Library - The game comes with three amazing tables. Delve into the shadows of the big city, explore ancient, secret tombs, and hunt for treasure on Pinball Noir, Curse of the Mummy, and Sky Pirates: Treasures of the Clouds.  Additionally, you can purchase tables from the franchise’s extensive library from tables inspired by the biggest brands in entertainment to timeless Williams Pinball classics.  Global Campaign Mode - Take on the pinball world in Campaign Mode! Conquer the districts beating unique missions for special rewards.  Pinball In Every Form - Enjoy classic gameplay or fun challenges while you climb the global leaderboards.  Mixed Reality Pinball - Experience the thrill of pinball in your living room or wherever you choose, blurring the line between physical and virtual realities.  Interactive Objects and Mini-Games - The VR arcade also includes mini-games and other arcade activities, like dartboards, vending machines, and interactive gadgets.  #gaming #vr #vrgaming #gamer #Quest3 #pinballfx #pinball

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00:00This is Pinpool Effects VR by the developer Zen Studios and it was released on the 3rd of April

00:282025. About the game. Enter your own arcade full of pinball machines. Full on 80s influence. The

00:35carpets, the wallpaper, posters, cassette tapes, so many rooms dripping in 80s nostalgia. Each table

00:42offering modes classic play, arcade and practice and each table having its own animations besides

00:48the table. Then there are also challenges. Ball, time, distance, flip, survival, score fading,

00:54multi-ball and speed. Each table also has leaderboards for your score. Local, friends, weekly

01:00and all time. With 30 trophies to collect, start playing and start filling in that trophy cabinet.

01:07Levels and size. Now the game actually only comes with 3 pinball tables which are the Pinball

01:12Noir, Curse of the Mummy and Sky Pirates Treasures of the Clouds. But you can purchase other tables

01:18and packs such as Star Trek The Next Generation, The Addams Family, The Twilight Zone, The World

01:24Cup, Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, the TV Classics pack which includes Knight Rider, Battlestar

01:30Galactica and Xena the Warrior Princess. Then this pinball packs volumes 1, 2, 3 and 9. And

01:37I did actually buy volume pack 1. So there are plenty of tables to play. And if you are looking

01:41for 100% completion then I actually can't even imagine how many hours, days, possibly weeks

01:49worth of gameplay you will get from each table. Leveling up options. On each table you have a

01:54table progress page which has 3 table achievements, 5 table masteries and each one goes up in levels

02:01and then 2 active and 6 passive power-ups that also have levels to them. Every time you play

02:07the table you progress a little more. Power-ups can only be used in the arcade mode and the challenges.

02:12Customisation options. So for each table or pack of tables there is a campaign. Complete challenges

02:19and earn up to 3 stars. The more stars you earn the more challenges to unlock. There are 66 stars to

02:25collect and 60 tickets. Now with the tickets that you get rewarded with, depending on how many stars

02:30you earned in your challenge, you can then use these tickets to spin a giant wheel for prizes. One ticket

02:36equals one spin. And then you can win items to customise your arcade such as posters, wallpaper,

02:42carpets, gadgets, statues and cassette tapes that you can actually play in a cassette player. You can

02:46also win items to customise your tables such as pinball skins, the ball trails and the flippers.

02:52And then you can win different arms for your character, though you can only see your arms and

02:57hands in the game. Each room and every table can be decorated to how you want it. Mechanics. I'm certainly

03:03no pinball expert so I'm not sure how this compares to playing an actual pinball machine. But in VR it

03:08looks and feels fantastic. The tables are great, the animations besides the tables are great, the arcade

03:14is great. I had no major issues nor did I come across any bugs. The only complaint I really have

03:20is the throwing of the darts is a little hard. Yes there's a dartboard that you can also play.

03:25Controls. Controls are easy. Left flippers are left trigger, right flippers are right trigger. Then you

03:31might get a game to play within the table but that won't be anything complicated either. And then to

03:36nudge the table you push the joystick up or down. Mixed reality. There is a mixed reality mode where

03:42you can place your trophies anywhere in your room and then place a pinball table and then add a door

03:47for your storage room. Game menus. There is a way to access everything from the palm of your left hand

03:53offering settings, map, inventory and mixed reality on or off. Settings offer audio with volume sliders for

04:00master, sound effects, physics, music and voice over. Then the movement menu offers smooth movement,

04:06direction control, turn speed, tunnel intensity, teleport on or off and the turn amount. The

04:12accessibility menu offers seated or standing and then controls to fine-tune your height, distance and

04:18tilt. Then in-game menu offers on or off for your score display, achievement stars, power display,

04:23ball trails, notifications and animations. Then there's main hand selection, grip toggle,

04:29language, haptics and hints. My thoughts. I own quite a few pinball games in VR and without doubt

04:36this is the best of them all. Not only do all the tables look and play amazing but there is so much

04:41to do, so many things to unlock and collect, lots of trophies and I'm not kidding when I say each table

04:47is going to give you days and days of playing time, even maybe weeks. The only thing that makes me hum

04:53and ah is the price of the DLCs. On one hand I think they are totally worth it for the amount of

04:58time you will get from them but then on the other hand I think that a DLC should not cost more than

05:03the game itself. They should at least be half the price of the game but this is going to come down to

05:08each person really. If you absolutely love pinball then without a doubt you will pay for it but if you are

05:13just a casual player I don't think you will bother with the DLCs unless they hit a 50% or more sale.

05:19Anyway, I found this a great game to play whilst just sitting up on my bed chilling and I was

05:24grinding away for hours in my own little 80s man cave. Now please do me the honour of hitting that

05:30like button under this video if you enjoyed yourself for the last few minutes and I will

05:34see you in the next one. Thanks guys and happy gaming.

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